📅 03/05/26🕒 19:00🏟️ RCDE Stadium🧑⚖️ Jesus Gil Manzano, Spain
ScorerVinícius Júnior2 goalsBiggest Swing+1.67 xT55' Vinícius JúniorCards7
Espanyol 0-2 Real Madrid — xTears 14.56 (03/05/26)
Real Madrid got the job done 0-2 over Espanyol on 3 May 2026 during Matchday 34 of La Liga. Total damage: 14.56 xTears.
Vinícius Júnior ended up carrying the main damage for Real Madrid through Vinícius Júnior 55' goal (+1.67 xT) and then Vinícius Júnior 66' goal (+1.47 xT).
The match never tipped fully into mayhem, but it was never settled for long.
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How it unfolded
Timeline
26'
Red overturned by VAR
O. El Hilali - Espanyol
55'
Goal
Vinícius Júnior - Real Madrid
Assist: Gonzalo García
66'
Goal
Vinícius Júnior - Real Madrid
Assist: J. Bellingham
All-out war
🟥
6.20
85'
Yellow card
+1.16 xT
Urko González - Espanyol
75'
Yellow card
+0.89 xT
Gonzalo García - Real Madrid
45+2'
Yellow card
+0.86 xT
Edu Expósito - Espanyol
50'
Yellow card
+0.86 xT
T. Alexander-Arnold - Real Madrid
Absolute chaos
🧨
5.10
55'
Goal
+1.67 xT
Vinícius Júnior - Real Madrid
Assist: Gonzalo García
66'
Goal
+1.47 xT
Vinícius Júnior - Real Madrid
Assist: J. Bellingham
26'
Red overturned by VAR
+1.18 xT
O. El Hilali - Espanyol
84'
Substitution
+0.39 xT
E. Camavinga for A. Tchouaméni - Real Madrid
Late drama
🔥
1.94
85'
Yellow card
+1.16 xT
Urko González - Espanyol
84'
Substitution
+0.39 xT
E. Camavinga for A. Tchouaméni - Real Madrid
84'
Substitution
+0.39 xT
César Palacios for Vinícius Júnior - Real Madrid
Referee scandal
🧑⚖️
1.18
26'
Red overturned by VAR
+1.18 xT
O. El Hilali - Espanyol
Cruelty
😈
Barely left a bruise
0
Nothing big fed this one.
Crushed hope
💔
Barely left a bruise
0
Nothing big fed this one.
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